A Hogwarts Rose Year 1

Chapter 16

I laid back on my pillow and sighed, I haven't had a dream like that since before I left home. Those dreams used to be constant, almost every night I'd wake up gasping or covered in a cold sweat. I know I probably won't get back to sleep for a while now, but I tried to anyway. I swear it was an hour before I drifted off again.

The next morning I got up early everyone else was still asleep so I got dressed, fed Mabel and went downstairs to the common room. It was a complete mess. There was stuff everywhere, even a few people still asleep on the red velvet lounge in front of the fireplace. It was hard not to laugh at the scene before me; lying on his back snoring loudly was Jordan whom I remember from that day in Madame Malkin's Robes For All Occasions in Diagon Alley and on top of him was a brunette girl that looked about the same age as him sleeping soundly. I decided to let them sleep after all there was still two hours before they needed to get up, so I sat on the arm chair in a far off corner of the room and read one of the muggle books I had brought from home. Beauty and the Beast it's one of my favourite stories. I have read it so many times that I know almost all the words of by heart. I was just up to the point where the Beast takes Bell prisoner in exchange for letting her father go when I slight cough directed my attention to the bottom of the stairs. It was Harry and he seemed happy.

'What's up?' I asked.

'Not much, what are you reading?'

'Beauty and the Beast.'

'I've heard of that,what's it like?'

'It's a good story about a girl who takes her dad's place as the prisoner of a angry beast, who is under a curse so he has to find someone to love who loves him back and you know stuff happens, she breaks the curse, they get married and they all live happily ever after.'

'Interesting.'

'Anyway I was wondering if you would come to the library and study with me?'

'Ok.'

'Thanks, I need to catch up on what I missed.'

So after breakfast the two of us headed to the library to get some extra studying done. I was going to ask Hermione to join us, but Harry didn't think I should as she had a pretty late night working on some stuff in the dorm after I'd fallen asleep. The first thing I wanted to catch up on was potions; being one of my favourite classes I enjoyed learning about it.

'Professor Snape said that the next potion we would brew is the cure for boils.'

'Ok let's get started.' I opened my text book and went through it until I found a page about curing boils. When I found it I stopped turning pages and started to read aloud quietly. 'The cure for boils is a potion that cures boils.' That's pretty obvious, I rolled my eyes before continuing. 'Even ones that have been caused by the pimple jinx, one should be very careful when brewing as this potion has been known to cause boils if not brewed correctly.'

'Oh great.'

'What? I doubt Professor Snape will try it out on us.'

'I bet he will.' He said bitterly. I shook my head and returned to reading the instructions.

'Ingredients:
Dried nettles
6 snake fangs
4 horned slugs
2 porcupine quills

Brewing instructions:

Add 6 snake fangs to the mortar.
Crush into a fine powder using the pestle.
Add 4 measures of the crushed fangs to your cauldron.
Heat the mixture to 250 for 10 seconds.
Wave your wand.
Leave to brew and return in 33-45 minutes.
Add 4 horned slugs to your cauldron.
Take the cauldron off the fire before adding the next ingredient.
Add 2 porcupine quills to your cauldron.
Stir 5 times, clockwise.
Wave your wand to complete the potion.'

'I'm never going to be able to do that.'

'Says who?' I asked. 'If we study this and memorise it to a reasonable degree then we should be fine. I'm not saying we have to be as good as Hermione, but at least we'll do well.'

'Alright then what else does it say?'

'It has a warning:

Dangers
Whilst brewing the potion, the cauldron must be taken off the fire before adding the porcupine quills, or the cauldron will melt and create a terrible smell and, in the case that it spills, will cause the skin to erupt in vicious boils.'

'Need to remember that.'

'Yeah.' I don't really want to end up covered in boils. 'Mind you I wouldn't mind if Malfoy doesn't know to do that.' I grinned and we both burst out laughing. 'Speaking of whom, here he comes and he brought his minions how nice.'

'Well, well, well. Potter and the mudblood.' Malfoy sneered as he walked over. I wonder what mudblood means?

'Shove off Malfoy.' Harry said annoyed. Malfoy smirked.

'So what's this? Cheating on the potions task for tomorrow, I bet Professor Snape would like to see this.' Grabbe and Goyle nodded smirking.

'Well there's something I didn't know.' I said.

'What, you didn't know that I could tell on you?' The three of them laughed.

'No, I didn't know you could read.' I shrugged, smiling brightly. He growled angrily.

'I'll get you mudblood!' He threatened angrily and then they left.